2013 Lineup Information

UPDATE: Green Day

Some big news for the 2013 edition of SXSW. Green Day announced that they will take part in the annual indie festival, set for March 9 through March 18 in Austin, TX. The band will debut their documentary ¡Cuatro! which features footage of their creation of their recent album trilogy as well as footage from recent live performances.

In addition to the ¡Cuatro! documentary, the band will also debut on March 15 Broadway Idiot, which chronicles their journey into live musical theater with the production of American Idiot, based on their album of the same name, and its debut on the Great White Way.

UPDATE

SXSW has successfully tapped some of the industry’s hottest indie acts to headline its 2013 event. After announcing several rounds of smaller, if burgeoning, artists, the Texas festival recently revealed yet another batch of performers, this time with some heavy-hitting draws: Vampire Weekend, Tegan & Sara and Local Natives among them. We’ve got SXSW’s latest (extensive) list of additions below, and don’t forget to scroll through our list of discount ticket links for your chance to see them live!

Artist

100s

360

3rd Line Butterfly

Adam WarRock

Akina Adderley & The Vintage Playboys

A Fine Frenzy

Alba Lua

Allah-Las

Kris Allen

AM & Shawn Lee

Ambassadors

Amplified Heat

Anders & Kendall

Ango

Apparat Organ Quartet

Ben Aqua

Army of Infants

Olafur Arnalds

Ash

ASSACRE

Atomic Tom

The Audreys

Therese Aune

Aurum

Avi Avital

AZARI & III

Baauer

Baby E

Bad Cop

Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires

Rob Baird

Bajofondo

A Band of Bitches

The Band of Heathens

Barcelona

Beach Day

The Beards

Bear Mountain

Beat King

The Belle Game

Belligerence

Berner

The Besnard Lakes

Betzefer

Bez

Bhi Bhiman

Bird Peterson

Black Drawing Chalks

Black Earth

The Black Lillies

Black Lips

Carsie Blanton

Bleached

Bleeding Rainbow

Blessed Feathers

Bloody Knives

Bobby Bare

Jonathan Boulet

BOY

Branzil

Breathe Carolina

Brodinski

Brodka

Coby Brown

Clairy Browne & the Bangin’ Rackettes

Brown Shoe

Jake Bugg

Eshon Burgundy

The Cadillac Black

Kirin J Callinan

Cambriana

Camera Obscura

Candy 66

Matt Cardle

The Carper Family

Cars & Trains

Carsick Cars

Tuki Carter

Jack Carty

The Casket Girls

Chali 2na

Chappo

Cheeky Blakk

Chic Gamine

Child Actor

Cory Chisel and The Wandering Sons

Andy Clockwise

Clutch

Cold Warps

Andrew Combs

Communist Daughter

Corizonas

Count Bass D

Paul Couture

Cuchillo

Culotta Rock

Daltonians

Danger Boys

Dat Boi T aka Screwed Up Essay

Southern Hospitality DJ’s

David Wax Museum

Nataly Dawn

Jesse Dayton

Dead Letter Circus

Decades

Dedo Caracol

Deep Sea Diver

The Deer Tracks

Delhi 2 Dublin

D E N A

Détective

Diamond Dolls

Diana

Die!Die!Die!

Dillon

Diplomats of Solid Sound

The Dirty River Boys

DJ BL3ND

DJ Buddha

DJ DiBiase

DJ Hella Yella

Dj Will

The Dollyrots

Doña María

Sam Doores + Riley Downing & the Tumbleweeds

Dorrough Music

Dosh

Dream Affair

Dreamend

Dual Core

DWNTWN

Thomas Dybdahl

The Dynamites & Charles Walker

Eagles of Death Metal

East Cameron Folkcore

Eddi Front

El Campo

Electric Eel Shock

Elephant Stone

The Elwins

Ensemble Yaman

Equals

Ester Rada

The Ettes

Exhumed

Fakuta

The Falls

Family

Faye

Fed of Me

Feenixpawl

Fenech-Soler

Fetsum

Fielded

Fitz and The Tantrums

Michael Bernard Fitzgerald

Flame

Fol Chen

Steve Forbert

Dexter Freebish

Freedom Hawk

French Horn Rebellion

Frightened Rabbit

Jonny Fritz

Frontier

Jessie Frye

G A L P A L S

Game Over Hound

Diego Garcia

The Gates of Slumber

Gemini Club

Gerald G

Gesaffelstein

Ghost Beach

Ginger & The Ghost

Sarai Givaty

Goatwhore

GO DJ JB

Golden Bear

Goldroom

Arno Gonzalez

Goonam

Goosander

Grandfather Child

Kina Grannis

Half Moon Run

Xander Harris

Ha Sizzle

Heaven

Heaven’s Basement

Helado Negro

Heliotropes

Heroes X Villains

Heyerdahl

Hey Marseilles

The Hieroglyphics

Hills Like Elephants

KJ Hines

HoodStar Chantz

Hopsin

Houses

Howl

I Am David Sparkle

IAMDYNAMITE

I Can Chase Dragons!

Icona Pop

Idiot Glee

Indians

Intimate Stranger

Io Echo

Maya Isacowitz

Ivan & Alyosha

Jackmaster

Jackson Firebird

JBM

JC Styles

Jesca Hoop

Jesse Dangerously

JMSN

Jovanotti

Vance Joy

Joywave

July Talk

Kanaku y el Tigre

Mika Karni – Kol Dodi

Karpe Diem

Katey Red

Kenji

KEN Mode

Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds

Kid Simius

Kids On A Crime Spree

Killa Kyleon

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard

Kisses

Kithkin

Knifight

Davy Knowles

Krief

K Será

K-X-P

Lake Street Dive

Lance Herbstrong

Jon Langford & Skull Orchard

Lisa LeBlanc

Lemuria

Le$

Lightouts

Li’l Cap’n Travis

Lil Man

The Limousines

Linkoban

LITE

The Littlest Viking

Local Natives

Locrian

The Lonely Wild

The Longshots

Lord Fowl

Calvin Love

Love Inks

Lovelife

Lucy Love

Lowdown 30

The Low Lows

Scott Lucas & the Married Men

Lucky Luciano

Luella and the Sun

Luke Duke

Lera Lynn

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

Madràs

Magnolia Rhome

Malacates Trebol Shop

Maria Minerva

MARMALAKES

Maserati

Masked Intruder

The Mastersons

MC Jin

Erin McKeown

Johnathan Mcreynolds

ME

The Meligrove Band

Mellow Bravo

Merchandise

Millionyoung

Minerals

Moderatto

Mona

Monophonics

Moon King

Movus

Mr MFN eXquire

Muneshine

My Darling Clementine

Myka 9 & Factor

Mystic Knights of the Cobra

Nakia

Leigh Nash

Matt Nathanson

Naurea

The Neighbourhood

Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk

New Politics

Nive Nielsen & The Deer Children

Night Beds

NO

Sierra Noble

Nobody Beats The Drum

No Brain

NY Gypsy All-Stars

Octant

Oddience

Tom Odell

Odonis Odonis

Off With Their Heads

Oh No Oh My

ONE4ALL

Open Mike Eagle

Orange Goblin

The Orbans

Ozomatli

Pac Div

Papa

Papa Vs. Pretty

Parenthetical Girls

Mikhael Paskalev

Pat Jordache

Peter Rosenberg

Pink Mink

Pink Nasty

The Plastics Revolution

Pompeii

Pony Pony Run Run

Pool

Popeska

Prince Paul

Psychic Friend

Psychic Twin

Pure Bathing Culture

Quaker City Night Hawks

Quay Meanz

Queen Kwong

Quit Together

Races

Ravens & Chimes

Red Baraat

Retox

Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band

Revolver

Usman Riaz

Rites Wild

Rituals

Julie Roberts

Rockie Fresh

Carrie Rodriguez

Daniel Romano

Roxy Roca

Royal Teeth

Ruby Velle & The Soulphonics

Sad Baby Wolf

Sadistik

San Saba County

Bruce Saunders

The Savage Rose

Savoir Adore

Scanners

Scorpion Child

Mike Scott

Sea Lions

Sepalcure

Shark Week

Billy Joe Shaver

The Sheepdogs

SHI 360

Sho Baraka

Shoes

Shugo Tokumaru

The Sights

Silent Diane

Single Mothers

Sirah

The Skatalites

Skeleton Coast

Skid Row

Skratch Bastid

SKREW

Slim Thug

Slow Magic

Christopher Smith

Snowmine

So Many Dynamos

Sonido San Francisco

Sons of Fathers

Sophie

Sorne

Sound Mass

Speakerfoxxx

Spirit Family Reunion

Splashh

The Split Squad

SSION

Stagnant Pools

The Stargazer Lilies

Starlings, TN

Andy Statman Trio

The Stepkids

Story Books

ST 2 Lettaz

Suburban Living

Super Minotaur

Suplecs

The Suzan

Tan Frío el Verano

Teeel

Teenage Bottlerocket

Tegan and Sara

Texas Hippie Coalition

The Creepy Creeps

The Thermals

The Vacant Lots

Patsy Thompson

Tijuana Panthers

Today Is The Day

The Tom Fun Orchestra

Tommy Trash

The Tontons

TOY

Ásgeir Trausti

Trinidad Jame$

Ane Trolle

Tropics

The Trouble With Templeton

True Believers

Shonna Tucker

Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls

Turtle Giant

TV Ghost

Twigs & Yarn

Useless Eaters

Onda Vaga

Chad Valley

Valleys

Vampire Weekend

Tori Vasquez

Vimes

Vintage Trouble

The Warriors Atx

Waxahatchee

Wax Idols

Wax Poetic

Allison Weiss

Western Medicine

Weyes Blood

What Made Milwaukee Famous

Whiskey Shivers

Wild Belle

The Wilderness of Manitoba

The Wild Feathers

Wild Seeds

Devon Williams

Jason D. Williams

Willy Moon

Jack Wilson

WIM

Zach Winters

Wo Fat

The Woggles

Chevy Woods

Yolanda Be Cool

Sidney York

Conner Youngblood

The Young Professionals

Yung Nation

Zion I

Zodiac

Z-Ro

Zvuloon Dub System

UPDATE

The second round of SXSW 2013 performers has just been revealed. Check out the festival’s list of big-name draws and buzz-heavy artists below!

Artist

Angel Haze

Major Lazer

Wavves

Black Moth Super Rainbow

Cold War Kids

The Joy Formidable

Dawes

Robyn Hitchcock

Richard Thompson

Toro Y Moi

Thee Oh Sees

Unknown Mortal Orchestra

Charli XCX

Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears

Hundred Waters

The Hood Internet

Conveyor

The Dear Hunter

Doomtree’s Dessa

Kid Koala

Ra Ra Riot

The Crystal Method

Daedelus

Delicate Steve

Reignwolf

Reptar

The Orwells

Allo Darlin

Chance The Rapper

Aloe Blacc

Everything Everything

Sky Ferreira

Keep Shelly in Athens

The Soft Moon

Skaters

Mount Moriah

Miracles of Modern Science

UPDATE

Following in the epic footsteps of Bruce Springsteen, who spoke during last year’s event, Dave Grohl will give the keynote address for next spring’s SXSW. The Foo Fighters rocker will recite his speech roughly halfway through the festival, on March 14. We’ve got ticket links for that and the rest of the dates below!
<h3id=”lineup”>UPDATE: SXSW Music Festival 2013 Lineup

And so it begins: The first round of 2013 SXSW performers has officially been released. The 200+ global musicians will take to the Austin stage for five days next March. Check out our list of ticket links to the event below, and we’ll be sure to keep you updated as SXSW continues to add to its roster!

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SXSW Festival 2013 Dates: 3/8 – 3/17

Official SXSW 2013 Music Dates: 3/12 – 3/17

Take advantage of heavy discount rates by registering to attend early.

About SXSW

“After celebrating 25 years as the world’s leading music industry event, the SXSW® Music and Media Conference is back to continue the tradition in 2013. Reaching a quarter of a century of being the biggest and most anticipated convergence of all things music, SXSW is ready to keep the reputation alive by programming an even better event each year.

By day, thousands of conference registrants network in the halls of the Austin Convention Center on their way to do business in the SXSW® Trade Show, sit in on informative panel discussions featuring some of the industry’s key players, gain insight from legendary keynote speakers or plan out their abundant party schedules. At night, SXSW showcases roughly 2,000 musical acts from around the globe, representing well over 50 different countries, on over 90 stages in downtown Austin. All this, and so much more, combine to make SXSW one of the most revered music events, year after year.” – SXSW

Highlights From Past SXSW Festivals

2012 – March 9th – 18th

The 2012 SXSW Festival drew one of the largest crowds ever, as music and film lovers turned out in mass for what was the festival’s 26th year running. SXSW may be best known for its lineup of unknown musicians that often witness their breakout debuts at the festival. Yet, the 2012 lineup was unique, featuring some of the best hip-hop and alternative artists in the business. B.o.B, Citizen Cope, Counting Crows, Eve 6, Hoodie Allen, and T.I. were some of the headliners that made appearances. Lil Wayne, Big Sean, and Kanye West also made surprise appearances. Even Bruce Springstein was in attendance as the music keynote speaker.

The festival’s film portion was equally impressive. The Cabin in the Woods and 21 Jump Street were two movies that made their world-wide premiere at the festival. However, the most talked about portion of SXSW was neither in film nor music. The 2012 SXSW saw the release of several social apps such as Highlight, Glancee, Sonar and Kismet, which were met with similar praise as the release of Foursquare in 2009.

2011 – March 11th – 20th

Seth Priebatsch, founder and CEO of the mobile-gaming platform SCVNGR, was the keynote speaker at SXSW 2011. The highly touted “Interactive” portion of the festival led to a record turn out in 2011, in which nearly 59,000 people attended the festival over the week span. Mike Tyson was one celeberity in attendance at the SXSW Interactive, promoting his new iPhone game with RockLive.

Undefeated, a documentary that would go on to win an Academy Award, and The Divide, a thriller movie, were two films awarded distribution rights. Film critic Christopher Kelly later wrote that SXSW Film went from being “a well-regarded but fundamentally regional event” to having “joined the big leagues of film festivals around the world.”

SXSW Music 2011 featured a surprise live performance from the Foo Fighters, following the screening of their documentary Back and Forth. The Foo Fighters set list included their then-upcoming album Wasting Light.

2010 – March 12th – 21st

Approximately 2,000 bands attended SXSW 2010 and festival reps estimated that over 13,000 industry representatives attended. In an unprecedented turn from last year, the Austin Music Awards was moved from the festival’s opening to closing. Less than surprising, local legend Bob Schneider walked away with 6 awards, including Song of the Year, Singer of the Year, and Band of the Year.

Somewhere close to 13,000 people attended the 2010 Interactive festival, representing a 40% jump over the previous year. The attendance leap was enough to make it the first year in which the interactive festival’s attendance surpassed the music festival’s. The keynote presentation was an interview of then-Twitter CEO Evan Williams.

At the 2010 Film festival, Magnolia Pictures bought the film rights to the science-fiction film Monsters on the night of its screening. The occurrence marked SXSW’s first ever over-night acquisition, which led to attendance by larger studios during the next two SXSW festivals.

2009 – March 13th – 22nd

The 2009 SXSW Interactive saw the launch of the Foursquare application, which was called “the breakout mobile app” of the event by the Mashable blog. The 2009 SXSW Film screened 250 films, including 54 world premieres. Most notably, The Hurt Locker made its US premiere at SXSW. The movie would later go on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2010.